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My 11yr old stepson started on adderall about 2wks ago.  Much improvement in motivation and focus, but he has started having headaches in the afternoon/evening.  It hasn't happened every day and this does happen to coincide with increased pollen levels, so I don't know if it's allergy or med related.  Tend to think it's the med. Anyone else experience headaches when adderall wears off?  Thanks.

Kathy

 I get migraines already, so I can be headache prone.  But I couldn't take Adderall (time released, tried it a few weeks ago) because I got horrible headaches when I came off of it.   I was on a dosage that required 2 pills in the AM...my Dr told me that it was OK if I straggered them by 20 min's, which helped the headaches some.  But I went back to my Concerta.  I had a problem w/ ritalin and headaches a long time ago, but the time released helped a lot.